Report says elite U.S. Army unit went on killing rampage in Vietnam

Report says elite U.S. Army unit went on killing rampage in Vietnam

(EXCERPT) The Toledo Blade

TOLEDO, Ohio -- An elite unit of American soldiers mutilated and
killed hundreds of unarmed villagers over seven months in 1967 during
the Vietnam War, and an Army investigation was closed with no charges
filed, The Blade reported today. Soldiers of the Tiger Force unit of
the Army's 101st Airborne Division dropped grenades into bunkers where
villagers -- including women and children -- hid, and shot farmers
without warning, the newspaper reported. The Army's 4 1/2-year
investigation, never before made public, was initiated by a soldier
outraged at the killings. The probe substantiated 20 war crimes by 18
soldiers and reached the Pentagon and White House before it was closed
in 1975, The Blade said. William Doyle, a former Tiger Force sergeant
now living in Willow Springs, Mo., said he killed so many civilians in
1967 he lost count. "We didn't expect to live. Nobody out there with
any brains expected to live," he told the newspaper. "The way to live
is to kill because you don't have to worry about anybody who's dead."
In an eight-month investigation, The Blade reviewed thousands of
classified Army documents, National Archive records and radio logs and
interviewed former members of the unit and relatives of those who
died. Tiger Force, a unit of 45 volunteers, was created to spy on
forces of North Vietnam in South Vietnam's central highlands. The
Blade said it is not known how many Vietnamese civilians were killed.
Former platoon members still could be prosecuted or sanctioned by the
Army, but legal experts say tha...

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Everyone in that unit should be awarded the Bronze star at the very least.
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> Report says elite U.S. Army unit went on killing rampage in Vietnam
>
> (EXCERPT) The Toledo Blade
>
> TOLEDO, Ohio -- An elite unit of American soldiers mutilated and
> killed hundreds of unarmed villagers over seven months in 1967 during
> the Vietnam War, and an Army investigation was closed with no charges
> filed, The Blade reported today. Soldiers of the Tiger Force unit of
> the Army's 101st Airborne Division dropped grenades into bunkers where
> villagers -- including women and children -- hid, and shot farmers
> without warning, the newspaper reported. The Army's 4 1/2-year
> investigation, never before made public, was initiated by a soldier
> outraged at the killings. The probe substantiated 20 war crimes by 18
> soldiers and reached the Pentagon and White House before it was closed
> in 1975, The Blade said. William Doyle, a former Tiger Force sergeant
> now living in Willow Springs, Mo., said he killed so many civilians in
> 1967 he lost count. "We didn't expect to live. Nobody out there with
> any brains expected to live," he told the newspaper. "The way to live
> is to kill because you don't have to worry about anybody who's dead."
> In an eight-month investigation, The Blade reviewed thousands of
> classified Army documents, National Archive records and radio logs and
> interviewed former members of the unit and relatives of those who
> died. Tiger Force, a unit of 45 volunteers, was created to spy on
> forces of North Vietnam in South Vietnam's central highlands. The
> Blade said it is not known how many Vietnamese civilians were killed.
> Former platoon members still could be prosecuted or sanctioned by the
> Army, but legal experts say tha...
>
> U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing
> copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report
> cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it
> in full today, 19 Oct 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE
> the following lines into your web browser.) The
> subject/content of this report is not necessarily the
> viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided
> for your information and discussion.
>
> http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Oct/10192...n_w/103321.asp
>
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> Otis Willie
> Associate Librarian
> The American War Library
> http://www.americanwarlibrary.com